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(No Model.)

. J-. WHIPPLE.

. STOOL FOR TABLES, COUNTERS, &c. No. 317.254. Patented-May 5, 1885...

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JANE WHIPPLE, OF WESTFIELD, NEW YORK.

STOOL FOR TABLES, COUNTERS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.3l7,254, dated May 5,1885.

Application filed January '24, 1885. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JANE WHIPPLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stools for Tables, Counters, &c., of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings.

This invention has relation to swinging stools for counters, tables, &c.; and the object of the invention is to provide astool that may be pushed under the counter or table out of the way and free from the floor when not in use; and the invention consists in certain features of construction, hereinafter set forth,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a counter or table provided with my invention, showing one stool in position for use and one pushed back out of the way; and Fig. 2 is a detail hereinafter described.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

A represents a counter or table, to the under side of which is secured-4n this instance by means of a plate, Ba depending supportingrod, B, said rod being either screw-threaded into the plate or formed integral therewith, as desired.

Upon the rod B is secured an adjustable cam, O, the lower end of which is projected to form a collar, 0 which collar is provided with a set-screw, G, for holding said cam at any desired height upon the standard or rod 13.

Immediately above the cam O is a rotatable collar, D, which is loosely fitted to the standard, and to which is loosely pivoted an arm, E, as at E, and to the other end of which is rigidly secured a base, F, of a revolving stool, F.

To retain the collar D upon its base, I socure above the same, upon the rod B, a collar, H, which is provided with a set-screw, H.

The cam is provided with an upwardlyextending annular beveled flange, G, which flange is cut away at its front portion, as at C.

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: The cam G first being adjusted by means of the set-screw O and collar H to thedesired height upon the rod-that is, so that the stool, when in position for use or drawn out in front of the table or counter, as shown in Fig. 1, will rest with its feet upon the floor X, the arm resting within the recessby simply pushing the stool under the table the same will be elevated by reason of the pivoted arm riding upon the incline portion 0", which is permitted by reason of the pivotal connection at E with the collar H, which collar rotates upon the rod B with the arm and stool.

It will be seen that the stool will restupon the floor at one side of the depending stand ard B, so that the person occupying said stool will not come in contactwith the devices for supporting the stool.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a swinging stool, a table or counter, a standard depending therefrom, a cam secured to said standard, and a rotatable collar having an arm pivoted thereto, in combination with a stool, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the standard B, plate B, cam-section 0 having set-screw C, and collar H, having set-screw H, with the rotatable collar D, arm E, and stool F, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the standard B and plate 13, of the cam O, recessed as at G, and provided with inclined walls, as 0 collar H, screw H, arm E,'and stool F, substantially as shown and described. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JANE VHIPPLE.

\Vitnesses:

ELLEN A. LAW, AGNES E. WATT. 

